Kerry Washington

Born in New York City on Jan. 31, 1977, Washington grew up in the Bronx as the only child of her real estate broker father and her professor and educational consultant mother. Following the sixth grade, Washington left public school to attend junior high and high school at the prestigious Spence School for Girls in Manhattan, while also performing with the TADA! Youth Theater group. She later attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she double majored in anthropology and sociology, before continuing to study acting at Michael Howard Studios in New York. While attending college, Washington worked closely with the local theater community and helped create a support syst... Continue Bio >>